[USML Announce] 2B or Not To Be

[Brad Jansen]

Jeff:
  I vote for 2B. It's well-written, concise and grammatical.  Thanks for
working on this.
BLJ

On 4/3/07, jhwinick at aol.com <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Damn - once again a typo.  That's "whose" not "who's" in choice #1.  My
> apologies Brad Lee.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhwinick at aol.com
> To: announce at usml.net
> Sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] one change
>
>  Buddha,
>
> The Klein proposal was either voted down or withdrawn, depending upon who
> you ask.  The Barrett proposal, on the other hand, requires a vote:
>
> Although as a general matter, I don't support last minute rules changes, I
> believe that given present circumstances this is a rules change that is
> worthy of a vote at this time.
>
> The choices are three:
>
> 1.  Leave the constitution unmodified and continue to allow teams to
> trade players who's USML contracts are not running without any limitations.
>
> 2A.  Amend the USML Constitution by adding the following provision:
>
>  "From the commencement of the USML auction until June 1, if a player
> whose USML contract is not running is traded, that player will be deemed to
> be in the first year of his USML contract without regard to whether the
> acquiring owner rosters the player."
>
> 2B.  Amend the constitution by adding the following provision:
>
> "From the commencement of the USML auction until June 1, a team can not
> trade a player whose USML contract is not running."
>
> For purposes of making the decision easy, vote for either 1 (Constitution
> unmodified) or 2 (Constitution modified).  If you vote for 2, indicate
> whether you support 2A, 2B or both.  If the majority vote to amend the USML
> Constitution, then the proposed alternative with the greater number of votes
> will be adopted, effective immediately (i.e. as of the commencement of the
> 2007 auction).
>
> I believe that there is a consensus regarding the wisdom of amending the
> USML Constitution to address this issue.  A similar rule has been adopted in
> 4 of the 5 other leagues I play in.  It has been quite successful in
> diminishing the ill will created by early season dump trades involving minor
> leaguers and, I believe, can defuse what otherwise appears to be a
> potentially controversial issue for the USML.
>
> Jeff Winick
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bbuddhas at aol.com
> To: announce at usml.net
> Sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 9:39 PM
> Subject: [USML Announce] one change
>
>  I like him   and I think he's gonna have a big big year....but could the
> commissioner get Jeff Weaver off my roster and put Jered Weaver in his
> place.
>
> Any word on the 2 proposed rule changes or will be finalize it
> Saturday....
>
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